Saturday, November 4, 2017

Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced the deployment of additional security personnel to further enhance the protection of the more than 51,000 runners and over 2 million spectators expected to attend the New York City Marathon on Sunday. At the Governor's direction, the New York State Police, National Guard, the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will all increase deployments and patrols at high-profile locations in New York City, including airports, bridges, tunnels, and mass transit systems. In total, thousands of officers will be deployed this weekend to ensure the safety and security of the event.

Specifically:

The New York State Police will double the number of Troopers working at posts throughout New York City, including JFK and LaGuardia Airports.

The New York National Guard will triple personnel deployment, with placement in strategically identified locations along the marathon route.

The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services has activated the State Emergency Operations Center and will have key personnel on site at the NYPD's Joint Operations Center. Officials are closely coordinating with local and federal officials.

The Port Authority Police Department will more than double personnel deployment and add patrols at airports, bridges, tunnels, and other high-profile locations.

The MTA Police and MTA Bridges and Tunnels will add personnel and patrols at key locations throughout New York City.

"Despite the cowardly attack in lower Manhattan this week, athletes from around the globe are flocking to this great city to run the New York City Marathon this weekend," Governor Cuomo said. "While there is no apparent threat, we are ramping up security across New York City with patrols and resources from various state law enforcement agencies out of an abundance of caution. These brave men and women will be out in full force to ensure the safety of New Yorkers during tomorrow's marathon, and I look forward to another year of this storied New York tradition."

State Police & National Guard

At the Governor's direction, the National Guard is tripling personnel deployment and the State Police is doubling the number of Troopers working at posts throughout the city for the marathon this weekend, including at JFK and LaGuardia airports. This deployment includes canines and members of the Bomb Disposal and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Units.

Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services

The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is closely coordinating with New York City Emergency Management in advance of this weekend's event, and yesterday, Commissioner Roger Parrino participated in a pre-planning tabletop exercise with the NYPD, FBI, and other partners. Additionally, the Office of Emergency Management's regional coordinator will staff the New York City Police Department's Joint Operations Center to ensure that federal, state and local resources are coordinated throughout the weekend. The State Emergency Operations Center was also activated earlier this morning. OEM staff will increase and enhance monitoring operations of the marathon and other various large public gatherings.

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

The Port Authority Police Department will more than double personnel deployment and add additional patrols at airports, bridges, tunnels, and other high-profile locations. Certain personnel will be equipped with heavy weapons and counter terrorism measures will be placed at crossings and other Port Authority facilities. Additionally, the Port Authority Emergency Operations Center will be activated on Sunday, November 5 beginning at 7 a.m. Port Authority officials will monitor activities during day and provide assistance as needed. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The MTA Police Department will step up its uniformed and plainclothes presence in Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal as well as other major stations throughout the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road network. Additionally, MTA Police and MTA Bridge & Tunnels will deploy additional personnel in key locations along the marathon route, as well as canine teams and large vehicles. Special Operations Division, and Detective Division officers will be utilized as part of this deployment and railroad customers will see surge patrols, increased step-on/step-off patrols of trains, and random bag checks at various locations.

Behind the scenes, the MTA Police Department, MTA New York City Transit security and MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officers share intelligence information and coordinate their threat response with other police and security agencies to ensure a seamless web of protection throughout the region.

New York State Police and the New York National Guard members have been assigned to high-profile MTA locations for more than a year, and they are helping secure these locations as well as reassuring the public that the authorities are dedicated to ensuring their safety. The MTA closely monitors large public events that occur in or near its facilities and will provide heightened awareness of activities there.

The MTA works closely with the NYPD to secure New York's subways and buses, and MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officers are using a mix of visual and technological surveillance to ensure safety at its seven bridges and two tunnels in New York City.

In addition to mobilizing additional security, the state is working with the FBI and other agencies to assist victims of Tuesday's terrorist attack.

Syndicated
columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks joins
Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Virginia
governor’s race, suggestions by Donna Brazile that the Democratic
primary race was rigged for Hillary Clinton, the GOP tax overhaul plan
and the Russia probe indictments.

A transgender woman has been found shot to death in south
Texas, in the 23rd known homicide of a transgender person in the U.S.
this year.

Stephanie Montez, 47, was found along a county road near Robstown, a suburb of Corpus Christi, October 21, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports. She had been shot in the chest, abdomen, and shoulder. She was misgendered in initial police and media reports and was not identified as transgender until last Friday.

“She was one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet,” Montez’s longtime friend Brittany Ramirez told the Caller-Times, adding,
“She just had a great outlook on life. She was very supportive of
everyone. … I don’t know why anybody would do this.” Montez loved to
dance and often performed in drag shows, Ramirez said.

The Nueces County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to
investigate Montez’s death. Corpus Christi LGBT activists have scheduled
a Trans Rights Rally to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. outside the federal
courthouse in Corpus Christi.

The rally is being held “to bring awareness to fact that
we’re not covered under hate-crime laws or anti-discrimination laws,”
PFLAG Corpus Christi president Kathy Huff told the Caller-Times.
“I’m so overwhelmed with getting this stuff done for Stephanie to make
sure that she gets the dignity she deserves.” Texas’s hate-crimes law
covers crimes based on the victim’s sexual orientation but not gender
identity, and the state’s anti-discrimination law does not cover either
characteristic.

With a 60-38 Vote, Trump's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Joan Larsen, has been confirmed
to the lifelong position. Lambda Legal and the National LGBT Bar
Association were among the 27 LGBT rights groups who sent a letter to
the Judiciary Committee protesting Larsen's confirmation.

The letter
argued that Larsen was unfit to be a U.S. Circuit judge because her
“views on civil rights issues are fundamentally at odds with the notion
that LGBT people are entitled to equality, liberty, justice and dignity
under the law.”

While serving in Michigan's Supreme Court, Larsen has had a
record of voting against hearing custody cases that dealt with same-sex
parents. In speeches to the Federalist Society, she criticized the Obama
administration for not defending the antigay Defence of Marriage Act.
She has also argued for a law that made sodomy illegal in Texas; she wrote in 2004 that she disagreed with the Supreme Court's decision to strike it down.

Larsen was previously on Donald Trump's shortlist for the
Supreme Court. At the time, he stated he was looking for justices who
would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Instead, she will serve in U.S. Court of Appeals, which is one court level below.

The following column was submitted by the editors at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

President Trump's pick to lead NASA, U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, faced
criticism this week for his skepticism of climate change and his
conservative stances on homosexuality.

But it was Bridenstine's associations with anti-Muslim extremists like Frank Gaffney Jr. that was perhaps the most alarming revelation to emerge from his Senate confirmation hearing.

Gaffney is the founder of the anti-Muslim hate group Center for Security Policy
(CSP), known for propagating paranoid conspiracy theories about the
supposed infiltration of the federal government by the Muslim
Brotherhood. Gaffney's CSP is so extreme that it has been banned from
participating even in the conservative conference CPAC.

"Ma'am, I am not aware of that," Bridenstine told Duckworth. "I didn't know that he had ever made those comments. If I did know that, I would have refuted it."

It was the same story with David Horowitz. He's the founder of an anti-Muslim hate group whose mission, according to its website, is to "combat the efforts of the radical left and its Islamist allies to destroy American values."

In 2012 — and again in 2016 — Bridenstine attended the David Horowitz
Freedom Center's conference but denied knowing that we have designated
it an anti-Muslim hate group.

It is clear that people with ties to extremists like Gaffney and
Horowitz cannot be effective leaders for all Americans. Yet Bridenstine
appears likely to be confirmed to lead NASA — and others who have extremist ties are already in positions of power within the Trump administration.

This week we announced a new tool, one we're calling Hate in the White House.
It's a monthly roundup not only of the Trump administration's
associations with hate groups like CSP and the David Horowitz Freedom
Center but of the infiltration of extremist ideas themselves into the
administration's rhetoric and policymaking.

Friday, November 3, 2017

Additional
security measures are being taken ahead of the New York City Marathon
this weekend to enhance protection of more than 51,000 runners and over 2
million spectators expected to attend the event. At the
Governor's direction, the State Emergency Operations Center will be
activated with State OEM staff beginning Saturday morning and state
agencies, including the New York State Police, National Guard, the
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey are increasing security at high-profile locations in New York
City, including airports, bridges, tunnels, and mass transit systems.
These are precautionary measures in place for this high profile event."New
Yorkers continue to mourn the eight lives that were lost tragically in
Lower Manhattan this week, but we are resilient and we will not be
deterred by this cowardly attack," Governor Cuomo said. "Out of an
abundance of caution, we are stepping up security measures at the
Marathon with additional patrols and resources from an array of state
law enforcement agencies. We have the finest security forces on the
globe and they will remain vigilant throughout the weekend. The Marathon
is an important New York tradition, and I look forward to a great
race."State Police & National GuardThe New
York State Police continues to work with the NYPD, city and federal
officials, and other state and local law enforcement partners, to
enhance security in the New York City metropolitan area. At the
Governor's direction, the State Police is doubling the number of
Troopers working at posts throughout the city for the marathon this
weekend, including at JFK and LaGuardia airports. This deployment
includes additional canine teams, and members of the Bomb Disposal and
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Units. The National Guard will also
deploy additional resources and increase surveillance of large public
gatherings and critical infrastructure including transportation hubs.Division of Homeland Security & Emergency ServicesThe
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services has been in
contact with New York City Emergency Management in advance of this
weekend's event, and Commissioner Roger Parrino is participating today
in a pre-planning tabletop exercise. Also, the Office of Emergency
Management's regional coordinator will staff the New York City Police
Department's Joint Operations Center to ensure that federal, state and
local resources are coordinated throughout the weekend. At 6 a.m. on
Saturday, November 4, the State Emergency Operations Center will be
activated. OEM staff will increase and enhance monitoring operations of
the marathon and other various large public gatherings. DHSES remains in
a state of readiness and is prepared to disseminate information to our
public safety partners statewide as necessary.Port Authority of New York & New JerseyThe
Port Authority Emergency Operations Center will be activated on Sunday,
November 5, beginning at 7 a.m. Port Authority officials will monitor
activities during day and provide assistance as needed. Additionally,
the Port Authority Police Department will be adding patrols and
personnel, including roving patrols. Certain personnel will be equipped
with heavy weapons and counter terrorism measures will be place at
crossings and other Port Authority facilities.Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityThe
MTA Police Department will step up its uniformed and plainclothes
presence in Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal as well as other
major stations throughout the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail
Road network. Additionally, MTA Police and MTA Bridge & Tunnels will
deploy additional personnel in key locations along the marathon route.
Special Operations Division, and Detective Division officers will be
utilized as part of this deployment, as well as police canine teams and
units with heavy weapons provide extra protection and a noticeable sign
of increased security. Railroad customers will also see surge patrols,
increased step-on/step-off patrols of trains, and random bag checks at
various locations.Behind the scenes, the MTA Police Department,
MTA New York City Transit security and MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officers
share intelligence information and coordinate their threat response with
other police and security agencies to ensure a seamless web of
protection throughout the region.New York State Police and the
New York National Guard members have been assigned to high-profile MTA
locations for more than a year, and they are helping secure these
locations as well as reassuring the public that the authorities are
dedicated to ensuring their safety. The MTA closely monitors large
public events that occur in or near its facilities and will provide
heightened awareness of activities there. The MTA works closely
with the NYPD to secure New York's subways and buses, and MTA Bridges
and Tunnels Officers are using a mix of visual and technological
surveillance to ensure safety at its seven bridges and two tunnels in
New York City.In addition to mobilizing additional security, the
state is working with the FBI and other agencies to assist victims of
Tuesday's terrorist attack.New York State Office of Victim ServicesThe FBI has established a Victim Resource Center in Lower Manhattan to help victims of the Oct. 31, 2017, terrorist attack in the Tribeca neighborhood. The New York State Office of Victim Services
has staff on site at the Center to assist individuals who may be may be
eligible for services. Victims and family members are not required to
be residents of New York State to be eligible for help. The Office of
Victim Services helps eligible individuals with crime-related
compensation and expenses, including, but not limited to medical and
counseling expenses; burial and funeral costs; occupational or
vocational rehabilitation; lost or damage of essential personal
property; and lost wages or support. For more information or help, find a victim assistance program, complete this form or call the agency: 1-800-247-8035."If You See Something, Say Something"New
Yorkers are reminded to stay alert to their surroundings, and to report
any suspicious activity. Reports can be made to the Counter Terrorism
Center at the New York State Intelligence Center via its terrorism tip
line: 1-866-SAFENYS (1-866-723-3697); or by email:
ctcenter@nysic.ny.gov.New Yorkers can also download the See
Something, Send Something app on your smartphone to inform authorities
of a potential threat. Click here for more information. Source: Press Office, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Three House Republicans on Friday moved to pressure special counsel
Robert Mueller to resign over what they contend are “obvious conflicts
of interest,” the latest instance of rising GOP resistance to his Russia
probe.

Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), introduced a measure that, while nonbinding,would
put the House on record describing Mueller, a former FBI director, as
unfit to lead the probe because of his relationship with James Comey,
his successor at the bureau.

“[B]e it Resolved, That House of Representatives expresses
its sense that Robert Mueller is compromised and should resign from his
special counsel position immediately,” the resolution states.

Mueller is investigating whether any Americans aided Russia’s
interference in the 2016 presidential election as well as whether
figures in the Trump administration may have obstructed justice in part
by moving to oust Comey in May, when the FBI’s Russia investigation was
picking up steam. Mueller was appointed by deputy attorney general Rod
Rosenstein after an uproar following President Donald Trump’s decision
to fire Comey.

Theodore
DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an
American singer–songwriter and composer. He first rose to fame as lead
singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a
successful solo career at the end of the decade. In 1982, Pendergrass
was severely injured in an auto accident in Philadelphia, resulting in
his being paralyzed from the chest down.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Objects left in patients, accidental cuts during
surgery and dangerous blood clots are just a few of the problems that
hospital patients have to worry about in Brooklyn, a borough riddled
with some of the nation's worst hospitals, a new study found.

Thirteen
Brooklyn hospitals earned two Fs, six Ds and five Cs in a study that
measured how likely a patient was to risk further injury or infection in
hospitals across the U.S., the healthcare nonprofit Leapfrog Group announced Tuesday.

The
borough failed to earn a single A or B for its hospitals, but two
hospitals were honored with the rare distinction of an F — only 15 out
of 2,632 hospitals failed Leapfrog's examination completely — and seven
broke records for problems that included patient falls and ICU training.

On November 3 at 6:30 p.m., a candlelight vigil will be conducted by the family of Zoila Feliz,
Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo, Senator Ruben Diaz, Councilwoman Annabel Palma
and Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda.

On November 1, 2017, Feliz
was found dead by her mother Margarita Feliz inside their apartment on
Stratford Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The victim’s son,
Jaylen, who turned two- years-old on the day of the killing, was found standing
by his mother’s body, but was not physically harmed.

Zoila's 22-year-old
ex-boyfriend, and the father of Jaylen, has since been arrested and is facing murder,
manslaughter, assault and weapons possession charges.

The Executive Committee of the Student Assembly for the State University of New York will meet to conduct business on November 11 on the campus of SUNY Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh, New York.

The meeting will be held at State University College at Plattsburgh, which is located at 101 Broad Street.

All meetings of the Student Assembly are open to students and the general public. Information on specific times and locations and with instructions for accessing meeting documents, will be made available online or by email to Arthur Ramsay, Senior Director of Communications.

Action star Chuck Norris is facing a legal battle, taking on San
Francisco-based McKesson and other drug companies in a
multimillion-dollar lawsuit. It claims a chemical known as gadolinium,
commonly used in MRIs to improve clarity, poisoned his wife Gena Norris
and nearly killed her. Betty Yu of CBS station KPIX-TV reports.

Adjustment Act of 2017," which Provides for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the beneficiaries of veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation equal to the Social Security COLA;

H.R. 1616, the " Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017," which authorizes a National Computer Forensics Institute within the Department of Homeland Security's United States Secret Service; and the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants to State and local governments to combat white collar crime;

H.R. 2989, the "Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act,"

which establishes the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities to honor Douglass on the bicentennial anniversary of his birth.

S. 190, the "Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act," which exempts external power supplies used by home safety devices from certain energy efficiency standards;

S. 920, the "National Clinical Care Commission Act," which establishes a National Clinical Care Commission within the Department of Health and Human Services to evaluate and make recommendations on the use of Federal resources in combating complex metabolic or autoimmune insulin-related diseases; and

S. 1617, which designates the checkpoint of the United States Border Patrol located on United States Highway 77 North in Sarita, Texas, as the Javier Vega, Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint.

President Trump spoke yesterday with President Mauricio Macri of Argentina to
express condolences on behalf of the American people for the loss of
Argentine lives in the New York terror attack. President Trump
underscored his full support of the ongoing investigation. He
reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to work with close
partners and allies like Argentina to prevent these cowardly acts of
terror from happening. The two leaders also discussed ways to
strengthen the strong bilateral ties between the United States and
Argentina. Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary

Today,
I am pleased to sign into law, H.R. 2989, the "Frederick Douglass
Bicentennial Commission Act", which will create the Frederick Douglass
Bicentennial Commission, which will be responsible for planning,
developing, and carrying out activities to honor Frederick Douglass on
the 200th anniversary of his birth. Our Nation rightly honors the life
of Mr. Douglass, a former slave who became an outstanding orator and a
leader of the abolitionist movement. I also welcome the participation
of the members of the Congress in the valuable work the Commission will
perform. Consistent with Signing Statements issued by President Obama
and President Reagan regarding similar legislation, I understand that,
with respect to their work on the Commission, the members of the
Congress and their appointees "'will be able to participate only in
ceremonial or advisory functions'" and "'not in matters involving the
administration of the act in light of the separation of powers and the
Appointments and Ineligibility Clauses of the Constitution.'" (Public
Papers of the President, Barack Obama, Vol. I, 2009, page 756 (quoting
Public Papers of the President, Ronald Reagan, Vol. II, 1983, page
1390)). All Americans have much to learn from the life and writings of
Mr. Douglass, and I look forward to working with the Commission to
celebrate the achievements of this great man. Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary

Today,
President Trump made additional disaster assistance available
to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by authorizing an increase in the
level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in
the Commonwealth as a result of Hurricane Maria during the period
beginning on September 17, 2017, and continuing.

On
September 27, 2017, President Trump authorized a 100 percent Federal
cost share for debris removal and emergency protective measures,
including direct Federal assistance, for 180 days from the date of the
declaration.

Under
the President’s order today, the Federal share for Public Assistance
has been increased to 90 percent of the total eligible costs, except for
assistance previously approved at 100 percent. Recognizing the
Commonwealth’s election to participate in alternative procedures
authorized under section 428 of the Stafford Act, the President has
authorized assistance conditioned upon having extra controls on project
cost estimation and project management in place to facilitate the
expeditious rebuilding of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, to allow for
cost-effective activities that reduce the risk of future damage,
hardship, or suffering from a major disaster, and to ensure sound
stewardship of Federal tax dollars.

In response to violent white supremacist rallies like we saw in
Charlottesville, we’ve released a new training video to help law
enforcement agencies prevent bloodshed while protecting the rights of
both speakers and protesters when hate groups stage rallies in their
town. A detailed event response checklist includes tips about the
research police should do ahead of a hate group rally.

Even after Hurricane Harvey, the best efforts by Harris County officials to purchase the most flood-prone homes won’t make a dent in the larger problem — worsening flooding, and a buyout program that can’t keep up.

by Lisa Song and Al Shaw, ProPublica, and Neena Satija, Texas Tribune and Reveal

This story was co-published withThe Texas Tribune.

HOUSTON — After four sleepless days fighting
to keep her home dry during Hurricane Harvey, after losing her car,
after nearly getting electrocuted by a fallen electric box as she waded
through brown muck in what wound up being the third flood to hit her
property in three years, Maurine Howard wants out.

“I can’t go through this again,” she said. “I don’t have it in me.”
The 2015 flood was minor enough she mopped it up with towels, but her
house flooded badly last year when a city water pipe under her patio
burst open during heavy rains. Then Harvey destroyed the entire first
floor.

Howard, a longtime nonprofit director who calls herself a “mouthy
person,” left a message with the mayor’s office demanding that the
government buy her house.

If only it were that easy.

Experts see buyouts as a cornerstone of disaster recovery, a way to
take the most chronically flooded homes and turn them into open space so
they can improve drainage and lower flood risk for the surrounding
area.

It’s hard to find another county in America that has accomplished
more buyouts than Harris County. Since 1985, the Harris County Flood
Control District — the main entity managing buyouts in the Houston area —
has spent $342 million to purchase about 3,100 properties. But thanks
to a decadeslong trend of increased flooding in Houston, caused by a combination of
urban sprawl, lax building regulations and intense rainstorms linked to
climate change, buyouts haven’t kept up with the destruction.

At the rate Harris County has been going, it would take more than three
decades to acquire the 3,300 or so homes on the district’s priority
buyout list — a drop in the bucket compared to the number of properties
that flooded these past three years alone. Hurricane Harvey damaged at
least 69,000 properties in the county, according to preliminary figures
that are likely an underestimate. Devastating floods also hit the county
in 2015 and 2016.

The Gang Reduction and Intervention Program (GRIP) empowers youth to leave or avoid gang life. The program works closely with local law enforcement, schools and other nonprofits to help at-risk young people develop a positive self-image and a hopeful vision for the future.Youth participate in group activities and one-on-one mentoring based on their individual needs, including the following:Jovenes - Participants learn life skills while exploring Latino culture. Once each month, youth go on field trips to dance performances, fishing trips, cultural celebrations, college tours and more.Boxing - A local boxing gym engages youth in a positive extracurricular activity that increases self-esteem and develops self-discipline. Transportation is provided.Tattoo Removal - For many youth, removing visible gang tattoos is an important step to disengaging from gang life, but the cost is prohibitive. Plastic surgeons and nurses donate their time to Neighborhood House to perform laser removal treatments free of charge.One-to-One Mentoring - Individual meetings give youth support and information, help them develop goals, and evaluate progress.Special Events - Cultural and educational events and field trips expose youth to new and positive experiences outside their routine environment.Click here for additional information. Source: https://www.minnesotahelp.info

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